Man accused of Carolina Forest area break-in, assault

Published: Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 03:28 PM.

An Onslow County man has been accused of a break-in and assault in the Carolina Forest area earlier this week.

Willie Jermel-Abner Brown, 32, of Dennis Road in Jacksonville, was charged early Saturday morning with first-degree burglary, robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, felony possession of stolen property and five counts of obtaining property under false pretenses.

Brown is accused of breaking and entering a house on Ashwood Drive between the hours of 1 and 2:30 a.m. Sept. 11 with the intent to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, according to warrants.

Brianna Murphy told The Daily News on Wednesday that a man broke into her home, shook her awake and, when she sat up, struck her with an object. She was able to get away from the man and ran screaming through her neighborhood, knocking on doors until someone answered.

Brown is also accused of stealing coins and an American Eagle wallet, valued at $20, assaulting Murphy with an unknown object with sharp and hard edges, causing her to suffer 18 stitches, according to warrants.

Brown is also accused of possessing the coins and American Eagle wallet, and of attempting to obtain gasoline from Citgo Kangaroo Express located on Gum Branch Road, Kangaroo Express located on Onslow Drive, Exxon Mobile on South Marine Boulevard, food from McDonald’s on N. Marine Boulevard, and hygiene products from Walmart on Yopp Road, by means of paying with a stolen credit card, according to warrants.

JPD detectives were assisted by special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Services from the onset of the investigation. The case remains under investigation and additional charges are pending, according to JPD.

An Onslow County man has been accused of a break-in and assault in the Carolina Forest area earlier this week.

Willie Jermel-Abner Brown, 32, of Dennis Road in Jacksonville, was charged early Saturday morning with first-degree burglary, robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, felony possession of stolen property and five counts of obtaining property under false pretenses.

Brown is accused of breaking and entering a house on Ashwood Drive between the hours of 1 and 2:30 a.m. Sept. 11 with the intent to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, according to warrants.

Brianna Murphy told The Daily News on Wednesday that a man broke into her home, shook her awake and, when she sat up, struck her with an object. She was able to get away from the man and ran screaming through her neighborhood, knocking on doors until someone answered.

Brown is also accused of stealing coins and an American Eagle wallet, valued at $20, assaulting Murphy with an unknown object with sharp and hard edges, causing her to suffer 18 stitches, according to warrants.

Brown is also accused of possessing the coins and American Eagle wallet, and of attempting to obtain gasoline from Citgo Kangaroo Express located on Gum Branch Road, Kangaroo Express located on Onslow Drive, Exxon Mobile on South Marine Boulevard, food from McDonald’s on N. Marine Boulevard, and hygiene products from Walmart on Yopp Road, by means of paying with a stolen credit card, according to warrants.

JPD detectives were assisted by special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Services from the onset of the investigation. The case remains under investigation and additional charges are pending, according to JPD.

Brown was previously convicted of use/possess drug paraphernalia, possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance, possession of firearm by a felon, extortion, possess of a Schedule II and resisting officer, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.